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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1992

BARLIER THIS MONTH AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, THE GOVERNOR. THE ᎡᎢ HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, PRESENTED AN IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL TO HIM.

PORING OVER THE MEDAL, HE SAID: "I AM OVERJOYED, BUT THE HONOUR OUGHT TO BE SHARED BY EVERY ONE IN MY TEAM.

1o T HAVE NEVER DREAMED OF ALL THESE. IT'S MY JOB. IT'S MY DUTY TO DO MY LEVEL BEST.

MR NG WING-HANG, A POSTMAN WHO HAS BEEN WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH HIM FOR 18 YEARS, SAID: "UNCLE KAN IS

AN EXPERT IN STAFF RELATIONS. HE IS A CONSIDERATE BOSS. HE ALWAYS GROOMS THE JUNIORS BIGGER TASKS.'

"HE ALLOCATES DUTIES TO US IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR MERITS ABILITY. EVERY ONE GETS HIS FAIR SHARE, MR NG ADDED.

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ANOTHER JUNTOR POSTMAN, MR WU CHUN-WAH, SAID: "UNCLE KAN AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN OUR TEAM AND THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT. HE DARES ΤΟ REFLECT TO THEM OUR VIEWS.

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CHINA MAIL ASIDE, UNCLE KAN SPENT NEARLY 11 YEARS DOING HIS BEAT IN RECLAMATION STREET, YAU MA TEI.

FOR THIS JOB, HE WAS AGAIN GIVEN FULL MARKS.

THOUGH HE DID NOT KNOW A SINGLE ENGLISH WORD AT FIRST, HE SET ANOTHER RECORD FOR RECEIVING NO COMPLAINT ABOUT WRONG DELIVERY.

AND, OVER THE YEARS OF MAKING DOOR-TO-DOOR CALLS, HE MADE MANY FRIENDS TOO.

MUCH TO HIS DELIGHT, UNCLE KAN RECEIVED LOTS OF THANK-YOU LETTERS FROM SATISFIED CLIENTS WHO WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THEIR LETTERS THOUGH THE ITEMS WERE NOT PROPERLY ADDRESSED.

EVEN BEFORE THE AWARD BY THE QUEEN, UNCLE KAN'S HARD WORK BARNED ITS REWARD IN 1988.

HE WAS AMONG THE 17 POST OFFICE STAFF OFFERED THE LONG SERVICE TRAVEL AWARD. HE TOOK A 20-DAY FREE TRIP WITH HIS WIFE TO THE UNITED STATES, THANKS TO HIS DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE AND LONG SERVICE.

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR MICHELANGELO PAGLIARI, DESCRIBED UNCLE KAN AS AN OUTSTANDING POSTMAN WHO DEMONSTRATED INITIATIVE AND ENTHUSIASM.

"MR LEUNG HAS SET A WORTHY EXAMPLE TO COLLEAGUES WITH HIS WHOLEHEARTED DEVOTION TO DUTY.

+ HE SAID.